Toy parachute



Aug.6, 1929.

A. F. LEN-r ET AL TOY PARAC'HUTE Filed Oct. 7, 1927 Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.l

ALVAH F. LENT, DECEASED, BY IDA IIAWKINS-LENT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, .ADMINISTRATRIX, AND ALVAH D. LENT, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TOY PARCHUTE.

Application filed October 7, 1927. Serial No. 224,598.

rllhe object of the invention is to provide a-toy comprising a parachute and housing means therefor `:tor condensing the whole into small compass to be cast in to the air; to provide the housing means with a locking` element releasable after an interval of time, so that the housing means may be opened to release the parachute; and to provide a casting member with which the housing means detachably connects, so that the device may be readily thrown into the air.

With this object in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is irillustrated in the accompanying drawings,

l the container, the cord is Wrapped around in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the toy in extended or operative position.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the housing means closed and the parachute enclosed thereby.

Figure 3 is a central vertical sectional view through the structure shown in Figure 2 but .with the casting means attached.

Figure i is a detail elevational view illustrating the hinge connection between the elements of the housing means.

The housing means or container 10 is of hollow spherical form and is composed of complemental elements 1()a and 10b consisting of hemispheres hingedly connected as at 11 and yieldingly impelled to open position by means of springs 12 operatively connected with the hinge. The parachute 14 has its guy ropes l connected with the container at the hinge and is of a size, so that when collapsed, it may be completely enclosed together with the ropes by the container when the hemisphere is swung over on the hemisphere 10b.

Diametrieally opposite the hinge each hemisphere is provided with a radial peg or `stud 16 to one of whichis anchored one terminal of a cord 17 carr ing at its free end a. small weight 18. In t e closed position of the two studs 16 and thus maintains the container in closed position against the action of the spring 12.

Disposed at anangular distance of 90 degrees from the hinge 1l, the hemisphere 1U is provided with a socket 19 engageable with a head 20 formed at the extremity of a casting element 21. The head 20 engages loosely in the socket and the latter is adapted for the reception of an explosive cap on which the head bears. The operation oi' striking the bent or curved portion of the handle against the pavement serves to explode the cap and the container is thus cast into the tl-ll'. t

`When at rest, the cord 17 maintains the container in closed position but upon the latter being thrown into the air, the swinging movement imparted to the weight 18 un- Winds the cord from the peg or stud 1G until finally the spring 12 is free to act and the container is swung to open position such as indicated in Figure 1, when the parachute is released and, opening, permits the device to settle gradually to the ground.

The container may be constructed with the cup 19 omitted, when the device is then cast merely by throwing it into the air from the hand.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

A toy of the kind described comprising a container consisting of hingedly connected complemental elements normally impelled to open position, a parachute connected with the container at the hinge connection between the elements and housed by the latter when closed, and a time-governed locking means for the container comprising a weightactuated cord Wrapped around pegs on said complemental elements diametrically opposite the hinge.

In testimony whereof they have aflixed their signatures this 13th day of March, 1928.

ALVAH D. LENT. IDA HAWKINS-LENT, Administrando of the Estate of Ahab, F.

Lent, Deceased. 

